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It did seem like everyone plus dog had a startup in 1995 and most were working on the absolutely stupidest ideas possible just that they were more B2B focused t
by astrodust 12y ago
It did seem like everyone plus dog had a startup in 1995 and most were working on the absolutely stupidest ideas possible just that they were more B2B focused than B2C in that era.
I'd argue the CueCat (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CueCat http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CueCat) was the iconic culmination of five years of feverish insanity.
- gaius 12y agoYou say that, but at least it was an actual technological product. These days you get Buzzfeed whose product is "lists" and Upworthy whose product is "misleading headlines".
- Blackthorn 12y agoBuzzfeed is an outlet that performs real journalism. If you cannot see what their product is and what they are doing, perhaps you need to open your eyes.
- UrMomReadsHN 12y agoIs this sarcasm?
- Blackthorn 12y agoHave you ever read the site? Like, actually read it, not just glanced at something someone linked you or the front page?
- UrMomReadsHN 12y agoMy opinion on BuzzFeed isn't relevant. I was asking if it was sarcasm or not because I was interested in looking into it myself if it wasn't. Wasn't going to waste my time if you were trying to make a joke.
- Blackthorn 12y agoNo, it is not sarcasm.
- icedchai 12y ago1995 was actually a few years before the insanity took hold. Most people still didn't know what the Internet was back then. 1998-2001 is when things got really crazy. Arguably things getting almost as bad now.